Description of Problem:
After doing a serial install, there is
1) no aboot.conf entry for the serial console (console=ttyS0 without
console=tty0)
2) no *getty process running on the serial port
3) no /etc/securetty entry for ttyS0 to allow root login on the serial console
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Red Hat Linux release 7.1.90 (Roswell)
How Reproducible:
Very
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Perform a serial installation
2. Try to boot and log in on the serial console
Actual Results:
Using installed aboot.conf entries, kernel messages can be directed to ttyS0,
but not userspace messages (i.e. boot messages once init has started).
There is now way to log in on the serial console
Expected Results:
To be able to send all console messages to ttyS0 and login in as user/root on
serial console
Additional Information:
7.1 installed mgetty, ran it on ttyS0, and added ttyS0 to /etc/securetty with a
serial install
7.1 with a serial install also had a console=ttyS0 entry in the installed
aboot.conf

2) and 3) should be fixed with modifications to bootloader.py to append
console=ttyS0 if flags.serial is set, as kudzu should detect that /dev/console
is a serial terminal on bootup and add the getty, etc.